FHFC BEACON ARTICLE FOR JANUARY 2008   

              Our December Fishing Club meeting was held in order to make our plans for the coming year. After Bursar, Walt Meyer, reported that we were reasonably solvent as we head into our fifth year of existence, we had the opportunity to view the excellent DVD of our October Pig Pickin’ and auction that was produced by John Lapotosky.  We then launched into the heart of the meeting which was designed to stipulate our 2008 activities. Our intent was to focus on three basic areas: Meeting speakers, Group trips and External community activities. No one held back and there was great participation by all in attendance. Some of the items we got universal approval for were: Jimmy Price, Paul Wachter and Dr. Bogus as speakers. Group trips to Parker Marine & Hatteras Yachts, an off shore head boat trip, fishing trip to Ocracoke Island and more local Harbour fishing tournaments.  

Externally, the membership decided to host the Big Brother Big Sister foundation again this year on “National Take a Kid Fishing” weekend in June.

              January 5^th is the date that George Poveromo and his SaltWater Sportsman National Seminar Series will be at the New Bern Convention Center beginning at 9:00AM and continuing on to 4:00PM. George was kind enough to send us 6 video tapes of some of his past ESPN2 shows for our video library which George Maravelas oversees. We also received two complimentary tickets for the Seminar along with an official SaltWater Sportsman hat to include in our end of the meeting 50-50 raffle. Our speaker for our 5^th anniversary meeting on January 2^nd, will be our Neuse River Keeper and new Harbour neighbor, Larry Baldwin. Our Bursars Walt Meyer and Harvey Pye will be on hand in January to collect your 2008 dues. Those members who joined during the 4^th quarter in 2007 are paid up through 2008.

               Our 50-50 raffle was won by Harvey Pye who took the cash and John Lapotosky and Frank Spininger won the free passes to the Seminar while Geoffrey Gable won the hat. Our Stewards for the 1^st quarter in 2008 will be Jim Cline, Dan Thallman and Joe Jones.          Visit our web site at //pages.suddenlink.net/fhfc/ for all your up to date information and events.                          

                                                                   Bob Bruggeworth

         Live bait is defined as something slimy, smelly, or sickenning put on a hook to attract fish, as opposed to something shiny, sharp, silly or stupid.     Anon.